Dell's corporate blog has posted a sixteen-second video of its chairman, former and current CEO Michael Dell describing his reaction to once again holding the day-to-day reins at the Round Rock, Texas-based PC maker. Dell says:

Wall Street appears to be responding, as shares of Dell stock on Nasdaq jumped by more than 5 percent, by $1.38 per share, in pre-market trading.

Industry analyst Robert Djurdjevic, following Dell's announcement Wednesday that Michael Dell would replace Kevin Rollins as CEO, reacted by saying, "Looks like great news for Dell shareholders. . . It just goes to show us that on Wall Street, just as in the case of HP (during the boardroom crisis . . . ) a person (CEO) matters more to investors than does the (bad) news."

Michael Dell, in an interview with the New York Times, also made a coy reference to potentially re-exploring the idea of modifying its direct-only strategy for PC sales: "That's where you'll see new ideas and some experiments."

On a few occasions over the past year, Dell had specifically thrown cold water on the idea of two-tier distribution, saying at one point, "No. We're the direct company."